NHER 24570 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds and possible burnt mound

1965 to 1975 (date unknown). Stray Find.
Found at [1] (Context 3) at approximate.
Small Neolithic flaked flint pick 12cm long, (S1).
Information from member of the public [2].
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU).
Previously recorded as NHER 21445.

1986-1987. Fieldwalking and metal-detecting.
Mansion Field.
Context 1: Surface finds, mostly from southern headland, but Roman sherds are from all over field.
Pottery sherds:
7 Roman greyware.
1 Early Saxon dark grey bowl, 1 rim probably the same.
7 Late Saxon Thetford type.
27 medieval unglazed and 8 glazed Grimston.
4 post-medieval.
Penny of Henry II, cross and crosslets (Tealby type) reverse illegible. 1158 to 1180.
Information from member of the public [2].

1987-1988. Fieldwalking.
Pottery sherds:
2 Iron Age.
1 Roman greyware.
23 Late Saxon Thetford type.
63 medieval unglazed and 10 glazed Grimston (including a face jug beard).
1 post-medieval stoneware.

4 February 1985.
Context 2 at [3]:
Pot boiler site, 20m diameter approximate, on ploughed field.
Visited after report by member of the public [1]. Very dark, no sherds or flints seen on site or nearby. In field on rise above marshy ground about 100m to south (formerly NHER 21316).

A. Rogerson (NAU) January 1988/August 1988 and J. Wymer (NAU), 2 May 1985 and 22 May 1985.

1996. Fieldwalking. [4].
Casual finds from fieldwalking:
1 Iron Age flint-gritted body sherd.
4 Roman, one jar rim, one flat base.
2 Late Saxon Thetford-type body sherds (weight 32g).
44 medieval unglazed and 12 Glazed Grimston.
2 post medieval.
From Headland behind trees, southwest corner, now with Hill Field:
2 medieval glazed Grimston sherds.
Found at bottom of headland near School Field:
1 medieval large rim sherd from internally frilled unglazed bowl.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 April 1997.

January 2010-December 2013. Metal-detecting. [5].
Late Bronze Age button (S2).
1 Roman pottery sherd and a lead steelyard weight.
3 Early Saxon brooch fragments.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
1 medieval pottery sherd, 3 buckles, thimble, harness fitting, scabbard chape, cross (possibly a finial from a censer or similar) and lead ampulla.
3 medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments.
2 post-medieval buckles, 2 buttons, 2 harness mounts, 2 crotal bells and 2 furniture fittings.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017 and P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024 and 28 August 2024.

September 2023-July 2024. Metal-detecting. [6].
3 Neolithic flint flakes and 1 blade.
1 Neolithic to Early Bronze Age retouched flake (possibly a side scraper).
1 Roman coin and 1 pottery sherd.
Early Saxon mount, possibly in form of quadrepedal beast (S3).
2 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
1 medieval coin, 2 pottery sherds, a buckle, strap end and strap fitting.
1 medieval/post-medieval jetton, 1 pottery sherd and a lead weight.
Post-medieval button, rumbler bell, crotal bell and hinge plate from small box or casket.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2025 to 8 August 2025.